Knife and fork

Knife and fork

Just a quick shot of knife and fork with my minimalistic strobist setup. I need to do these quick images to stay sane… photographers will understand.

Comparing photography and 3D rendering

Sometimes less is more

In some cases it’s obvious which produces more easily good looking images, 3D or photography. Take for instance portraits or food shots. There really is no contest at the moment: photography rules. Then there are all sorts images that would be harder to create using real world photography: It’s certainly possible to make a cut-away [...]

Mobile light

Mobile light

Mobile phone as light source I wanted to do a “real” self portrait because I anyway do many (photographic!) experiment with myself, but those images will (hopefully? definitely?) never be seen by anyone else. Since I like playing with light I thought I might as well show that in my self portrait. My Nokia 1100 [...]

Making of OUCH!

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If you have ever hit yourself with a hammer you know the feeling. I wanted to capture that feeling of hot pain in a photo. I got the idea watching our 1 year old daughter playing with a small flashlight. She was trying to eat the light and her whole mouth was lit from inside [...]

Old Shoes

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This image was taken with Sinar Norma 5×4 inch view camera. Background was changed in Photoshop. I am sure an educated eye can spot where the blur isn’t consistent between the shoes and the background, but I’ll live with that.